September 2008
Theme: TEACHING TEXTS RHETORICALLY
Artist of this issue: Ari Targownik

Contents
Using the ERWC Assignment Template
– John R. Edlund
Rhetoric and Current Events: The ‘Rich Talk’ Project
– Holly Ciotti
Rhetoric Rising: New Directions in Teaching High School
– English Jennifer Fletcher and Marcy Merrill
The Jewels of ERWC Instruction
– Loretta Bernasconi
Five Paragraphs Aren’t Funny: A Case for Humor in the Nonfiction Curriculum
– Eileen O’Neill Guerard
Features and Columns
Editor’s Column
President’s Perspective
Call for Manuscripts
CATE 2009 Speakers
CATE 2009
CATE 2008 Professional Writing Contest prompt
CATE 2008 Creative Writing Contest 7th-8th Grade winner “Silent” by Haleigh Wayman
CATE 2008 Creative Writing Contest 11th-12th Grade winner “To Those Who Didn’t Know” by Teresa Attridge
Book Review: Effective Instruction by Jim Burke, reviewed by Lisa Davidson
CATE 2008 Creative Writing Contest College category winner “9-1-1” by Vanessa Pike-Vrtiak
CATE 2008 Creative Writing Contest 5th-6th Grade winner “They Walked Alone” by Lauren Weiser
CATE 2008 Creative Writing Contest 9th-10th Grade winner “Cleaning Up” by Pavlina Crowley
CATE Creative Writing Contest 3rd-4th Grade winner Shelby Vexler
Book Review: Historic Photos of Los Angeles by Dana Lombardy, reviewed by Bruno Spalazzi
Research Update by Barbara Bartholomew
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